Kid Rock explained his support for failed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during an appearance on the “Howard Stern Show.” Stern asked Kid Rock, a Michigan native, why he endorsed Romney when it was President Obama who championed the bailout for the Detroit automakers. “I came into this business with two middle fingers in the air,” Kid Rock said. “If I had realized you could just be political and piss people off so much I would have done this sh– a long time ago.” According to Rock, Romney initially reached out to him for support and a meeting was arranged between the candidate and Kid Rock aka Bob Ritchie. Kid Rock said he received plenty of criticism for his endorsement of Romney, but he said it was his right to express his opinion, whatever it was. “I got friends that didn’t vote, man. I wanted to smack them upside the head,” he said. Kid Rock told Stern that he wanted to make sure Romney wasn’t just a millionaire, but someone of substance. Kid Rock said he asked Romney: “Do you just want to be president because your dad was rich and he was governor and you want to outdo your dad?” he said. He also asked Romney if he would use “the power of the presidency” to help Kid Rock help Detroit, and he said Romney agreed. Kid Rock said “I believe a little more right, because I’m into less government…If gay people want to get married, I don’t give a f—. Let a woman decide if she wants to get an abortion. These far freaky right-wing people they creep me out as much as the pot-smoking hippies.” On another note, Kid Rock said he sometimes hangs out with Detroit-based rapper Eminem, and the two recently had dinner. “He came by the house, we had dinner…I cooked,” Kid Rock said.